June 3rd, , AM 7. For the cost of powdercoating, isn't it going to come out pretty close to the price of a set of black steelies? June 3rd, , AM 8. Originally Posted by longboy. At least I'm housebroken. June 3rd, , PM 9. Originally Posted by quadracer June 4th, , AM Last edited by luvmeye22re; June 4th, at AM. Originally Posted by luvmeye22re. How should they be prepped to spray them over chrome? Just sandblast the piss out of them and that will roughen it up enough?
I know now that I have to get all the chrome off but no more will come off. This has to be done before I coat it. I just don't know what to do. Robert, Most of the chemical methods I know of to remove chrome are moderately to heavily toxic and best handled by a professional plating shop, they would also not be cost effective for you I'd think.
Here's what I suggest, take a wire wheel on an angle grinder to it, or a flap wheel, and scuff the heck out of the surface, then go back in and sand blast again. Check the areas where the chrome was with a chemical indicator to see if it's there or gone. Marc Banks.
Marc, I did something just like you said and it came out great. Once I coated it with powder, let it cure -- man it was awesome. It really was. But thanks a whole lot for your help. I hope this could help someone else. I'd like to get some assistance in removing the chrome but would hate to ruin the aluminum of the wheels. I plan on sanding and painting after removing the loose chrome and achieving an even surface. Hi Orion. In the narrowest sense of the word, yes, muriatic acid will dissolve chromium.
But the plating on wheels is not "chrome" that's just slang , it's a heavy layer of nickel plating followed by a thin flash of chrome The nickel plating is more resistant to muriatic acid than the aluminum is.
Please consider Jeffrey's suggestion of sending them to a plating shop for electro-stripping, or Mark's suggestion of flap wheel sanding and blasting. Good luck. Hello Everyone, We are trying to strip only the chrome off of Nickel-Chrome plating, but Nickel also gets stripped off. Could anyone provide insight into this issue?
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks, Adi. Hi Adi. Apparently you already know that this is not the usual case and will not happen in a reliable fashion. But I think that if you carefully detail your situation, people might be able to help. Are you a plating shop?
Did you do the plating yourself so you know there is nickel plating under the chrome? What is the substrate. What is the HCl concentration.
How long did you strip for? Without facts, the situation could be virtually anything including the possibility that this is a piece that actually had chrome-look paint rather than real nickel-chrome plating on it. Full details please! I see a nice black finish beneath the chrome foil that's what it looks like to me It seems ALL TSS Tundras have this same issue and the dealerships in the US would replace it but being that I'm from the islands, corporate offices is giving me the runaround if not flat out ignoring me.
Any information you could give me is greatly appreciated. I bought the car in Texas and shipped it home. Thanks a bunch! You need to strip using a full paint strip system done professionally. Wheels can then be blasted and re powder coated. I have a set of Foose legend rims that have the same problem as the person with the Toyota Tundra..
The chrome film and a clear film has peeled off in flakes. Of course they said if I pay shipping to send it back to California they would "consider warranting the rim". BTW the rim is only 9 months old and hasn't even been on my car for the last 4 months. I was interested in doing the same thing with my rims, and removing all the chrome to expose the shiny black surface underneath. Anyone know of a shop in the Chicago area that can do this. Or a chemical spray that would allow me to remove the chrome film and clear film off the rims.
It actually looks like tint paper that is coming off. It has been my experience that removing chrome to then powdercoat is a timely job. Blasting chrome with media will remove the top layer of chromium fairly quickly but the layer of nickel and sometimes copper takes a lot of work.
If you have access to a plating shop that will reverse the application and it is in your budget they go that route. However if blasting is the only method available to you the plan on paying for an extended cabinet labor fee. Clear coating on wheels can be simply removed with aircraft aluminum stripper but beware disposing regulations.
Podwercoating and chrome are by far some of the toughest finishes available and the toughest to remove make sure of your choice of finish before you purchase for changing can cost almost as much as a new purchase. Hello I just started gold plating. I've plated some small items, and now I'm gold plating some chrome car wheels.
While the wheels look good and are still shiny, when up close you do see some wear to the chrome compared to a new set where the chrome is thick and perfect. My question is would using bright nickel after stripping increase the appearance of gold and brightness? I've done one wheel that I cleaned, hand polished, stripped, activated, and gold plated and it looks good but you can see up close the defects under the gold -- scratches, cloudy trying my best to describe?
Any advice would be helpful, or are the wheels doomed? Just trying to find out how to get the best finish on chrome that's not new on used rims? Hi Pablo. It can be a big jump from "small items" to wheels :- Second only to plating of jewelry, gold plating chrome car emblems is the easiest thing there is, because you simply strip a few millionths of an inch of chrome from beautifully prepared, highly reflective, nickel plated articles, and put a few millionths of an inch of gold in its place.
The gold plating is not going to be flashy unless the nickel plating under it is flashy; it's not going to be corrosion resistant if the nickel plating is porous, pin-holed, or otherwise compromised; and it's not going to conceal any scratches. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Install the app. Change style. Contact us. Close Menu. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Sandblasting Chrome??? Thread starter lowtops Start date Aug 25, Watchers 0. I know this is not 80's tech, but it is tech so maybe it will stay. Has anyone had any experience sandblasting chrome? Does the chrome peel off, or will it just etch the surface?
Is there a better way to prepare chrome for paint? I have some chrome rims I want to de-bling and just paint them silver or black. If the chrome is already pealing off then the blaster will finish pealing it off. The chrome is still bonded then you will just etch it nicely for paint. Blast long enough and all the chrome will come off.
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